At this point, I think there's a business model in making a Youtube front-end which is designed to be not horrible for niche users like myself.
I suspect I'm a small enough percentage of the market to not be worth bothering with for a $1T company, but plenty enough to sustain a mid-sized startup.
No recommendations I don't care about, just the content I want to see.
YT is clearly pandering to advertisers. I feel a little (ok, a lot) of schadenfreude every time I hear about a move that makes advertisers uncomfortable..
The internet used to be made by users for users. Commerce has ruined software development and the general experience on the web for many.
I can’t think of a world where uBlock doesn’t work anymore. I think I’d leave the business and find a new career doing something physical where I don’t have to be subjected to this crap.
I honestly believe most of the world most wants to see stupid cat videos, videos of people embarrassing themselves, videos which will make them feel validated, and so on.
The older I get, the less faith I have in humanity.
Never doubt what you want. Niche or not you’re still a user. Shorts are cancer.
I want to be very deliberate about what I watch, when I watch it, and why I watch it. I don't want anything which will lead me to watching more videos or to watching them casually.
For the most part, I have specific times when I watch specific videos with family. I also use videos as a work break when I burn down. An ideal work break is 5-20 minutes, and I don't want to be pulled into any more.
It seems like a good tool, but for the opposite niche.